It was you and the others who offered everything of worth. I was merely an observer, and just as helpless to stop it all.
[Something about Jun is so familiar-- not in the way that they knew each other, but because his manner brings someone else to mind. Someone who looks about the same age, though he had been much older. Though he hasn't thought about it for a long time, these events have stirred up memories he would rather keep boxed and taped up. Even so, Zhongli remembers a yaksha of great power and heavy responsibility, and the weight of his gaze when his path forward felt uncertain.
Is Jun upset because of losing his anonymity? Maybe he should... say something...]
... I have no interest in outing your identity to anyone else, if you're worried. It isn't my business.
After all, I myself gave up my name and my post long ago. I'd like to continue living as the man called Zhongli, just as you would rather live as yourself.
[He turns.]
I hope that in time, this becomes a world where your sword and cloak are no longer needed... But until then, keep your eyes open and your heart listening always. The future is carved by the hands of those who do not hesitate to correct the injustices they see.
[Having dispensed some wisdom unprompted, he begins to leave.]
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Date: 2023-03-28 06:36 pm (UTC)[Something about Jun is so familiar-- not in the way that they knew each other, but because his manner brings someone else to mind. Someone who looks about the same age, though he had been much older. Though he hasn't thought about it for a long time, these events have stirred up memories he would rather keep boxed and taped up. Even so, Zhongli remembers a yaksha of great power and heavy responsibility, and the weight of his gaze when his path forward felt uncertain.
Is Jun upset because of losing his anonymity? Maybe he should... say something...]
... I have no interest in outing your identity to anyone else, if you're worried. It isn't my business.
After all, I myself gave up my name and my post long ago. I'd like to continue living as the man called Zhongli, just as you would rather live as yourself.
[He turns.]
I hope that in time, this becomes a world where your sword and cloak are no longer needed... But until then, keep your eyes open and your heart listening always. The future is carved by the hands of those who do not hesitate to correct the injustices they see.
[Having dispensed some wisdom unprompted, he begins to leave.]